Fiction book reviews and critiques
I have always liked fables. We all begin to know them in childhood and rediscover them in adulthood. That possible double reading turns out to be just lovely. From The Little Prince to Rebellion on the Farm to bestsellers like Life of Pi. The simple-looking stories in your fantasy ...
In light of the first indications, when Pierre-Marie, the famous writer, receives a package from a reader named Adeline Parmelan, he may come to think that he has run into his particular Annie Wilkes (Remembering you will remember the writer's nurse-stalker protagonist in the novel Misery, by Stephen King). Without …
I recently spoke about the novel by Javier Cercas, "The monarch of the shadows", in which we were told the vicissitudes of a young military man named Manuel Mena. The thematic coincidence with this new work by Lorenzo Silva makes clear a will of the writers to bring to light ...
Singular book by the well-known presenter Mónica Carrillo. Halfway between the micro-story, the aphorism and the single verse. A kind of urban poetry that dazzles from the first composition. Because the whole is a charming mixture that composes images and sensations, that raises farewells or approaches, sadness or ...
Whether or not it was worth making a decision is a question that tends to be raised in the future with advantageous overtones or at least with a more practical and less sentimental perspective. What happened in Attua's youth and that changed the course of his life had to do ...
There is a kind of worldwide literary conspiracy to bring out the role of women as the new emblem of the main character in crime novels. Police inspectors have given way to them, to show that they can be wiser, finer and more methodical to ...
The regatta, the last work of Manuel Vicent, has two readings. Or three or more, depending on the reader-reader. It is what has the paradise that was granted to us on Earth. We can all participate in it to the extent that we want to believe in appearances or know how to appreciate realities ...
This novel is officially presented to us as a novel for women. But I honestly disagree with that label. If it is considered that way because it speaks of that possible matriarchy that historically kept the secrets of any family and that hid the miseries of the outside doors, it makes little sense. There is not …
The protagonist of this novel, Toni, was a voracious reader of those series of books "The Five". Between innocence and the revolution that reading was (and still is) in those early childhood years, reading any book always becomes a mark, a ...
A novel by Isabel Allende that dives into a hot topic. In a world that is increasingly unsupportive to the emigrant, and with situations that border on the ominous of our human condition, the Chilean writer will set the example of the close as the only cure for xenophobia. ...
The long-awaited second part of "The Silence of the White City" has just been released and the truth is that it does not disappoint. The mysterious serial killer in this installment follows the guidelines of the Triple Death, a Celtic initiatory rite imbued in the shadows of all practice ...
Overcome the great impact of "The Girl on the Train", Paula Hawkins returns with renewed strength to tell us another disturbing story. Every good psychological thriller must have a starting point halfway between the crime novel and the anguish of the drama. When Jules' sister Nel Abbott passes away ...